Monthly spoken-word night at Exeter Phoenix with guest poets reading their work and open mic slots.
Uncut Poets is back at Exeter Phoenix this Tuesday 27 October, the city's monthly spoken-word night. It's run by Chrissy Banks and Matt Bryden, who bring in a new headlining poet every month, and this time around the guest spots go to Lesley Curwen and Black Venn Stanza. They'll be reading from their own work, and since it's a spoken-word night, that's exactly what you'll hear: poetry performed live rather than read in silence.
The night works by pairing those published poets with open mic slots. If you've got your own work, you can take the mic and read two or three pieces of your own, though you have to book your slot in advance rather than just turning up and hoping for a gap. It's a mix of established voices and whoever's coming up from the local scene, so you get the headliners and the open mic on the same bill.
If you're planning to go, it's worth knowing that this is a regular thing: Uncut Poets runs on the last Tuesday of every month at Exeter Phoenix, from 7.30pm to 10pm. The next one after this is Tuesday 24 November, with Ceri Baker and Annie Fisher taking the guest spots. If you're not quite ready to step up to the mic yourself, you can still come along and listen.
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Tickets are £5, with a concession of £3, and there's a £1.50 ticketing system charge on top. It runs from 7.30pm to 10pm, so you've got a full evening of poetry to get through.
